FREE PROJECTS ON THE MOVE

Free software has been confronted with many an accusation in its time, but could it conceivably infringe on weapon export regulations? SourceForge is facing legal issues, and Jajuk steps in as a DJ and statistics expert.

In an attempt to stay friends with less cyber-friendly voters, politicians assert that the Internet must be governed by laws. The age-old populist trick is employed of spreading fear, predicated on the idea that the Internet is a chaotic place, where only the fittest survive and the weak are left to the mercy of the elements.

SourceForge, the hosting and communication platform for many free software projects, is bowing to U.S. regulations and denying service to users from nations on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list.

The free software market is a very special little biotope, and life within it can be pretty treacherous at times, as the Tortoise SVN developer learned thanks to PayPal. Voice controls for the desktop are a far more harmonious affair.